As a side note (and I've already filed too many bug reports today, the search bar won't let you search for all open bugs in the system, it stops at [bug] -[status-completed] -[status-bydesign] -[status-planned] -[status-norepro] even though I still need -[status-declined] and -[status-review] removed from the search to find all the opened non-adjudicated bugs.
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George StockerJul 13 '10 at 18:14

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The search has a limit of 10 terms. That's 5 tags and 4 operators, which is what's killing you. Why not use bug -status~?
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Grace Note♦Jul 13 '10 at 18:18

It's working for me. That's the only reason I suggested it, complete with link. Unless you're referring to the term limit, which I'll admit was mostly out of conjecture from memory than on-hand proof.
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Grace Note♦Jul 13 '10 at 18:22

I tried it by handwriting it and it didn't work. When I clicked on the link it worked.
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George StockerJul 13 '10 at 19:13

@Grace Note what did you physically type to get that to work, I typed [bug] -[status~] and [bug] -status~ and neither worked.
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George StockerJul 13 '10 at 19:31

I typed http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/bug+-status~ in the URL to get it to work. I've long since stopped using the search bar for anything more complex than just NOT operators.
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Grace Note♦Jul 13 '10 at 19:37